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In the third stop on the “Famesick Tour: An Evening of Stories and Togetherness,” multihyphenate star Lena Dunham graced The Wilbur Theatre April 16 with writer and friend Emily Sundberg.

Adéla Jergová was unknown to the world for most of her life. Now, at just 22, she has released a seven track EP with a breakout single “Superscar” and amassed over 100 million listens all in her first year of putting out music.

Photo by Curtis DeSmith. April 11 at 8 p.m. marked Alice Phoebe Lou’s third show of her 2026 tour with opening act John Andrews & The Yawns. Inside the Berklee Performance Center, fans and music supporters alike spent the evening swaying in sequence to Lou’s melancholy sounds and silky voice. Seated on a wooden stool in a beanie and black Converse, Andrews strummed his guitar and bounced his leg to the beat of his acoustic set. Setting the stage for the main act to come, And

Photo courtesy Alana Udell and Carolina Derosa. On March 21, after announcing almost six trigger warnings, the lights in Blackman Auditorium faded as apprehensive laughter rose throughout the crowd in anticipation of NU Stage’s spring revue, “Misfits & Mayhem.” Unlike traditional modes of musical theater, the biannual revue is a no-cut collection of numbers linked in theme rather than by plot. This semester’s was split into two parts: mischief followed by mayhem. “The way tha

Photo courtesy of Jarvis Subia. Just a foot from the audience stands a mic and Myles Taylor, the host and president of the Boston Poetry Slam, welcoming new and old artists to the dimly lit Cantab Lounge basement. Wasting not a second more, Taylor booms, “Welcome to the Boston Poetry Slam! We are here every Wednesday.” Like clockwork, the audience of eager regulars and supportive friends shout back, “Every Wednesday!” and a community of spoken word lovers is reunited once mo

Design by Ruth Gebru. Live music will always feel different from the radio or headphones. Every pore in your body fills with the movement of the bass, the beat of the drums, and the passion of the singer. Regardless of what is playing, you feel it. At a bar, these sensations are deepened by the enhancement of alcohol and the feeling of strangers united through friendship. For most people, going out to a bar isn’t for the music. But during many live performances, the sonic amb

Lennox’s third studio album, Vacancy is perfect for your late night hang out with your not-so-sneaky link. About temporary lovers, all Lennox wants is someone “to fill this Vacancy,” as she sings in the title track. Backed by her mesmerizing R&B sound, Lennox unpacks the highs and lows of a situationship. Using soulful vocals that melt into the intimate beats, she captures her listeners and lover in a warm embrace. Ruminating on this need, its fulfillment, and the aftermath,

Design by Camille MacMillan. The things we read have a way of creeping into our subconscious and blooming into our realities without us even knowing. For artists, books and stories can bleed into their music in more ways than not. Catching literary references in music is like watching a movie with 3D glasses: your understanding of the story exponentially increases. By drawing on existing characters and stories, musicians create a listening experience filled with easter eggs

After a seven year hiatus from making music, Lily Allen recorded what can only be regarded as a musical Burn Book. Its cover, a painted portrait of herself gazing resolutely at the viewer, frames the juicy tracklist about her husband’s not-so-secret sexual escapades. After discovering actor David Harbour’s affairs in December of last year, Allen began recording West End Girl quickly thereafter, exposing not only her own secrets, but also her husband’s in a ruthless show of ha

In mid November, Erykah Badu made her much awaited return to Boston’s stage for the 25th Anniversary Tour for Mama’s Gun, an album that has only grown in popularity since its release during Thanksgiving week back in the year 2000. The album is one of Badu’s favorites that she's ever worked on and it makes sense when you see that every song is a story Badu cares to tell and make her listeners feel. For fans seated in MGM, these stories were expanded upon in acoustic sets and s

2017, hair tutorials, and butter yellow have one thing in common – dodie. Back when covers posted on the internet made people famous, she was on the rise for her melancholy lyrics and flirty instrumentals. From hits like “In the Middle” to “Party Tattoos,” dodie captured the cautious but playful energy of an anxiety-ridden generation determined to try new things. Her first few releases were published as demos on her YouTube channel, doddleoddle, where she often posted origina